Moving into Year 10 - Extra Curricular Activities

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Is it necessary to reduce/stop extra curricular activities going into yr10?
It hadn't even really crossed my mind coz i was thinking sport is healthy and a good balance to school but a couple of dd's teammates parents have mentioned it now and I'm wondering if I'm put of touch.
For reference she does football training 3x per week - 3.5hrs total & 1 match Saturday morning and Tennis - 1 x hr a week.

Any experiences that people would be kind enough to share? Regrets about stopping or not stopping?

I think it's good to carry on to have an outlet and sport is very good for mental health. We didn't stop anything but did let attendance slip if DC wanted.

No.

more people tend to drop stuff (often temorarily) in year 11 but not really a thing fir year 10

DD continued her dance and her friend continued her Rugby (doing GCSE’s right now) and goes to her dance classes even now. It is good for her it helps her relax.

my opinion is let your DD lead in it as long as she is happy and wants to she should

I think it's really important to continue to have an outlet. Sport is great as is music or anything really.

For my younger two – DD dropped one of her sports (she was not that into it) in year 11 but continued with Guides, dance once a week, music lesson (tbf she took GCSE music) and band practice for one morning a week and was involved in a local drama group too. She actually did all that until the end of year 13 (Senior Section in Guides). She still plays and goes to band practice weekly.

DS2 is very sporty and kept going with all his sports all the way through (well it was hit by Covid but apart from that). He did athletics 2-3 x a week plus comps, football training and a match weekly, American football training and matches (some of these are seasonal haha so don't clash). He still plays sport a lot so again, it was worth keeping it up.

Don’t stop extracurriculars. A break from revision is so healthy and so is the skill of learning to balance more than one thing.

Her schedule is actually not too bad. Dd is part of a swimming club and the top squad train 9-12 hours per week. GCSE kids have reduced training by a few hours the past few weeks but will pick it up again. The kids with extra curricular are often better at managing their time, especially if they really love their sport/ club etc.

Keep going, she'll want the break and the exercise!